Alternative to H3A?

Marine - Bronze

Alrirght, so we know Halo 3 Anniversary is not happening. It's a fact. My question is, what the hell is 343 gonna do to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the highest selling Halo game, and to some the best quality of the franchise. Unless 343 is going to act REALLY irrational and not do anything to remember it, I have a few ideas. 1. Give an update to MCC, since that's now apparently the definitive Halo 3 experience, the proper functionality. Give back the 1-50 military ranks, a good trueskill system that gives fair games, fix the issues with the projectile detection, and for god sake, update the customization. Halo 3 is the game that started the whole idea of mixing and matching armors for future titles, and it's abysmal how it's handled now.2. Another option is this: I, and others have accepted the tough truth of no H3A standalone game, but what about a DLC? It's open, wouldn't require as many resources, and would be more easy than relaunching Halo 3 yet another time.3. The extremely lazy path I do dearly hope won't happen. 343 posts a daily message on Halo 5, saying happy birthday to Halo 3. They bring maybe a classic Halo 3 weapon, give a gametype or two based around it, and that's it. While I am personally highly against something like this, it's a possibility.

So what do you think? Put any comments you think that could add to my list, or touch up on things you think I should've written. Cheers!

Marine - Silver

ODST - Iron

Me being the anti-H3 person that I am, I'm going with Option 3. It didn't do enough to deserve anything else IMO. Hell, it should probably only get a mention on Waypoint with the supposedly countless memories I'm sure the 343 guys can "recollect", and even then it doesn't deserve that.

Marine - Bronze

Me being the anti-H3 person that I am, I'm going with Option 3. It didn't do enough to deserve anything else IMO. Hell, it should probably only get a mention on Waypoint with the supposedly countless memories I'm sure the 343 guys can "recollect", and even then it doesn't deserve that.

Yeah, I really hate Halo 3.

Well, you're entitled to an opinion. It might not be one I agree with, but this is a fair thread.

ODST - Onyx

I welcome a Halo 3 Anniversary. Not only will it kick off all the Halo 3 players from the MCC who constantly ruin the fun for those who want to play the other 75% of the multiplayer games in the majority of maps, it will be a perfect opportunity for a beta to be launched in it. Being one game it wouldn't require that much up keep. It will heal the bonds between 343 and players seeing as how Halo 3 was the best selling halo game to date. It will bring new players to the community, they could even tie in a special xbox scorpio edition of Halo 3 Anniversary. Also it makes no sense to do 1 and 2, only to forget 3. At least finish off the trilogy.

Marine - Bronze

If they did option 1 and put MCC on sale I could see more people buying it considering the main reason people didn't get it was because of the bugs, and I do agree with the customization being edited a bit.

Marine - Bronze

I welcome a Halo 3 Anniversary. Not only will it kick off all the Halo 3 players from the MCC who constantly ruin the fun for those who want to play the other 75% of the multiplayer games in the majority of maps, it will be a perfect opportunity for a beta to be launched in it. Being one game it wouldn't require that much up keep. It will heal the bonds between 343 and players seeing as how Halo 3 was the best selling halo game to date. It will bring new players to the community, they could even tie in a special xbox scorpio edition of Halo 3 Anniversary. Also it makes no sense to do 1 and 2, only to forget 3. At least finish off the trilogy.

That's exactly some of the reasoning I had for them to launch it, but alas, we're stuck with nothing so far.

Marine - Bronze

If they did option 1 and put MCC on sale I could see more people buying it considering the main reason people didn't get it was because of the bugs, and I do agree with the customization being edited a bit.

It does seem the easiest to please everyone, and would be somewhat of a celebration

Marine - Bronze

If they did option 1 and put MCC on sale I could see more people buying it considering the main reason people didn't get it was because of the bugs, and I do agree with the customization being edited a bit.

It does seem the easiest to please everyone, and would be somewhat of a celebration

I welcome a Halo 3 Anniversary. Not only will it kick off all the Halo 3 players from the MCC who constantly ruin the fun for those who want to play the other 75% of the multiplayer games in the majority of maps, it will be a perfect opportunity for a beta to be launched in it. Being one game it wouldn't require that much up keep. It will heal the bonds between 343 and players seeing as how Halo 3 was the best selling halo game to date. It will bring new players to the community, they could even tie in a special xbox scorpio edition of Halo 3 Anniversary. Also it makes no sense to do 1 and 2, only to forget 3. At least finish off the trilogy.

Also, the things I listed really should've been there from the beginning

Recruit - Bronze

Marine - Bronze

They already released halo wars 2 this year. I doubt there will be another halo game for 2017.

Yeah, but there's no way halo wars 2 is gonna make enough sales to qualify as a success. As much as I hate to admit it, RTS in this day and age of FPS being dominant is tough. I did say however that I'm not expecting a full game, this post was what could be the alternative for that

Marine - Gold

I'm of the opinion that H3A shouldn't be bothered with in general, and definitely not as part of MCC, It would shoot it's ability to market itself in the foot, pollute the already sparse player base with even more playlists to the point that it would negate any new players brought on board, and reduce the amount of multiplayer content possible with a standalone release to a miniscule amount of 2 playlists at most.

What I think would be the best compromise, would be for 343 to release Halo 3 on Backwards compatibility so that people can play it on Xbox One without having to purchase MCC, and release it on Steam along with the rest of the trilogy, since Halo Wars has set the precedent with it's recent release on that platform.

Ignoring the anniversary of the best selling game of the franchise is not an option, but wasting 343's resources on developing another remaster shouldn't be either.Halo 6 needs all hands on deck to make it as polished and content complete as possible for launch.

Marine - Bronze

I'm of the opinion that H3A shouldn't be bothered with in general, and definitely not as part of MCC,It would shoot it's ability to market itself in the foot, pollute the already sparse player base with even more playlists to the point that it would negate any new players brought on board, and reduce the amount of multiplayer content possible with a standalone release to a miniscule amount of 2 playlists at most.What I think would be the best compromise, would be for 343 to release Halo 3 on Backwards compatibility so that people can play it on Xbox One without having to purchase MCC, and release it on Steam along with the rest of the trilogy, since Halo Wars has set the precedent with it's recent release on that platform.

Ignoring the anniversary of the best selling game of the franchise is not an option, but wasting 343's resources on developing another remaster shouldn't be either.Halo 6 needs all hands on deck to make it as polished and content complete as possible for launch.

The franchise can't handle another Halo 5.

Well like I said my preferred option is they do the update that truly makes the MCC port of Halo 3 a proper port, adding all the things I listed.

Marine - Gold

I'm of the opinion that H3A shouldn't be bothered with in general, and definitely not as part of MCC,It would shoot it's ability to market itself in the foot, pollute the already sparse player base with even more playlists to the point that it would negate any new players brought on board, and reduce the amount of multiplayer content possible with a standalone release to a miniscule amount of 2 playlists at most.What I think would be the best compromise, would be for 343 to release Halo 3 on Backwards compatibility so that people can play it on Xbox One without having to purchase MCC, and release it on Steam along with the rest of the trilogy, since Halo Wars has set the precedent with it's recent release on that platform.

Ignoring the anniversary of the best selling game of the franchise is not an option, but wasting 343's resources on developing another remaster shouldn't be either.Halo 6 needs all hands on deck to make it as polished and content complete as possible for launch.

The franchise can't handle another Halo 5.

Well like I said my preferred option is they do the update that truly makes the MCC port of Halo 3 a proper port, adding all the things I listed.

An update to the MCC would be nice side project in concept, fixing all of the bugs therein including the hit detection; but the original ranking system can't be brought back as the ranking system for the MCC needed to apply to all 4 (technically 5) games, and separating them would fracture the experience even more than the game was already, eliminating the ability for any 1 game's ranking system to flourish.

As for customization, I'm sure there's some kind of space related issue with regards to the servers, and not wanting the game to account for too many variables in terms of armor.They likely wanted to include this but it caused too many bugs or just wasn't possible with the number of maps/gametypes/players running on 5 seperate engines; for example, notice that though you can customize your emblem in the menus, you are assigned a default emblem in games, I think this might be related.

I want the MCC to get an update, heck, I want it to get a massive patch and then be offered for free on Games with Gold, but I realistically can't see that happening and honestly, 343 really should just focus on making Halo 6 the best it can be.

Marine - Bronze

I'm of the opinion that H3A shouldn't be bothered with in general, and definitely not as part of MCC,It would shoot it's ability to market itself in the foot, pollute the already sparse player base with even more playlists to the point that it would negate any new players brought on board, and reduce the amount of multiplayer content possible with a standalone release to a miniscule amount of 2 playlists at most.What I think would be the best compromise, would be for 343 to release Halo 3 on Backwards compatibility so that people can play it on Xbox One without having to purchase MCC, and release it on Steam along with the rest of the trilogy, since Halo Wars has set the precedent with it's recent release on that platform.

Ignoring the anniversary of the best selling game of the franchise is not an option, but wasting 343's resources on developing another remaster shouldn't be either.Halo 6 needs all hands on deck to make it as polished and content complete as possible for launch.

The franchise can't handle another Halo 5.

Well like I said my preferred option is they do the update that truly makes the MCC port of Halo 3 a proper port, adding all the things I listed.

An update to the MCC would be nice side project in concept, fixing all of the bugs therein including the hit detection; but the original ranking system can't be brought back as the ranking system for the MCC needed to apply to all 4 (technically 5) games, and separating them would fracture the experience even more than the game was already, eliminating the ability for any 1 game's ranking system to flourish.

As for customization, I'm sure there's some kind of space related issue with regards to the servers, and not wanting the game to account for too many variables in terms of armor.They likely wanted to include this but it caused too many bugs or just wasn't possible with the number of maps/gametypes/players running on 5 seperate engines; for example, notice that though you can customize your emblem in the menus, you are assigned a default emblem in games, I think this might be related.

I want the MCC to get an update, heck, I want it to get a massive patch and then be offered for free on Games with Gold, but I realistically can't see that happening and honestly, 343 really should just focus on making Halo 6 the best it can be.

I see your point for the reasoning behind the original ranking system unable to return, but customization shouldn't be a problem in the least. The technological advancements the Xbox one provides should be more than enough to allow the functions such as that to run flawlessly, in each game.